calamity
Example Sentences
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Even for those not managing money, the financial and emotional rewards from predicting a calamity are large.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Nor did it comment on the root cause of the calamity.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Historic freezes in 1894 and 1895 nearly eradicated the industry, its first and last real brush with old-world calamity.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Soon after the calamity, he announced wide-ranging financial help to those who had lost their loved ones, properties and businesses.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
And six tiny kittens, not much bigger than the mice Calamity was such a calamity at catching.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Vocabulary lists containing calamity
The Crossover
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